Elements of Webb: Beryllium Part 1 Ep03
Have you heard of beryllium? It’s a rare lightweight metal used as the primary material on the Webb Telescope. This episode explores the reason this expensive metal is perfect for Webb. Special thanks to LA Gauge for hosting the media team. #UnfoldTheUniverse
When you look at NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope you can’t help but see the huge gold mirrors. but that gold is really only on the surface the rest of the mirrors are made out of a metal called beryllium.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
-
Producer
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
-
Writer
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
-
Editors
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
-
Videographers
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
-
Production assistant
- Michael P. Menzel (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
-
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
-
Animators
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Bailee DesRocher (USRA)
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA)
- Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
-
Drone pilot
-
Subject expert
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:43 PM EDT.